Thohir

Three years ago, Inter signed midfielder Geoffrey Kondogbia for €40m from Monaco. All summer Inter had been linked with a move for Manchester City’s aging star Yaya Toure and had made what at the time was the right decision and that as to sign Kondogbia over Toure. In this interview, Inter President Erick Thohir explains [...]

As our focus in firmly on the Mercato, and who will Inter sign this summer, there is an interesting battle behind the scenes involving Suning and former owner Erick Thohir. Thohir, who still has the title of President, still owns 30% of Inter and he wants to sell. But Suning are not interested in meeting [...]

Inter President Erick Thohir says that Mauro Icardi’s price for Italian clubs is €400m, and confirms talks to raise his release clause are in progress. Problem is the proposed new release clause is too low. The Inter captain has a €110m release clause in his contract, but it’s only valid for foreign clubs in the [...]

Inter President Erick Thohir says ‘now we want the Champions League semi-finals’ after singling out the club’s ‘220m fans in China’. Inter ended a seven-year absence from the Champions League on Sunday as they pulled off a dramatic 3-2 victory over Lazio, and Thohir wasted no time in setting the bar high. “The objective was [...]

When the story broke in Italy and Asia last week that former Inter patron Massimo Moratti was going to buy out-going president Erick Thohir’s shares in the club, the news raised more than a few eyebrows. Why would Moratti want to buy back into Inter so soon after selling the club, and what does that [...]

There are reports that Inter President Erick Thohir will sell his 31% share in the club to former owner Massimo Moratti. According to Italian television station Telebombardia, Thohir is ready to leave the club after originally buying it from Moratti in October 2013. Suning has effectively pushed Thohir to the sidelines and has has been [...]

Inter President Erick Thohir is busy trying to rewrite history to put a better shine on his stewardship of the Nerazzurri. His latest efforts was on Metro TV where he stated that Inter “we’re different to Milan” because “we only have to refine our current squad”. As every Internisti knows, the Rossoneri have spent over [...]

Inter president Erick Thohir has said he is prepared to go to prison if found guilty of corruption by investigators examining the organisation of the 2018 Asian Games. Thohir has been drawn into the investigation because he is president of the Indonesian Olympic Committee. He is reported to have been invited to provide a statement [...]

Inter Milan have finally given their backing to under-fire coach Frank de Boer. Three straight Serie A defeats for Inter were followed by a 2-1 win over Torino on Wednesday and while president Erick Thohir says the club’s expectations remain high, he has still given De Boer a vote of confidence. “You get highs and [...]

While Roberto Mancini took the high road with his dismissal as Inter boss, his son Filippo Mancini has taken a different approach, launching a attack on the Nerazzurri ownership “My father always did his best for Inter. He loves this team, otherwise he would not have returned [for his second spell],” Filippo told fan website [...]